Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found dead inside her room at the Talwars' Noida residence in Uttar Pradesh in May 2008. She was found dead with her throat slit.

Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were released in 2017 after the Allahabad High Court overturned their conviction in the Aarushi murder case.

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CBI filed an appeal after missing a deadline

The Allahabad HC had acquitted Rajesh, Nupur Talwar

Aarushi was found dead inside her room

Who killed Aarushi Talwar? That question will now vex a bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi at the Supreme Court. The court today agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the acquittal of Aarushi's parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, in the murder case.

Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found dead inside her room at the Talwars' Noida residence in Uttar Pradesh in May 2008. She was found dead with her throat slit.

It was initially suspected that 45-year-old Hemraj, who was employed as a domestic help at the Talwars' home, was behind Aarushi's murder. However, two days after Aarushi was found dead, Hemraj's body too was recovered from the terrace of the house.

The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case after the Uttar Pradesh Police came under immense criticism for its probe into the double murder case.

Aarushi was found dead in her room in 2008

In November 2013, a special CBI court in Ghaziabad convicted the Rajesh and Nupur Talwar for the murders and sentenced the dentist couple to life imprisonment.

However, the Allahabad High Court overturned the CBI court's judgment and ordered the Talwars' release in October 2017.

The CBI, which missed a deadline to file an appeal, challenged the verdict in the Supreme Court. The court, admitting the plea has now issued notices to the Talwar couple and the Uttar Pradesh government.